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Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya is a Russian legend that encompasses the devotional life of wartime Russia. She was a partisan teenager, who was tortured and hanged by the Germans. Throughout all the torture she endured, she remained silent and revealed no information about the Russian army. As she stood upon the gallows she shouted to the onlooking […]

Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya is a Russian legend that encompasses the devotional life of wartime Russia. She was a partisan teenager, who was tortured and hanged by the Germans. Throughout all the torture she endured, she remained silent and revealed no information about the Russian army. As she stood upon the gallows she shouted to the onlooking […]

In May 1933, Stalin sailed down the the newly completed Belomor Canal, which linked the White Sea and the Baltic. The project was unique due to the fact that it was built exclusively with Gulag labor. Gulag labor was provided by prisoners convicted of wide array crimes, petty to political. The government hailed the project […]

In May 1933, Stalin sailed down the the newly completed Belomor Canal, which linked the White Sea and the Baltic. The project was unique due to the fact that it was built exclusively with Gulag labor. Gulag labor was provided by prisoners convicted of wide array crimes, petty to political. The government hailed the project […]

Hey, Fyodor and Malania, And Avdotia and Pakhom, Let’s strike up a merry song About the sowing season. Hey you, Vanya, best stretch out That accordion past your ears. Why should you be sowing from Your grandpa’s basket in these years. Take a gander in the barn– And it’s mighty nifty How that newfangled machine […]

Hey, Fyodor and Malania, And Avdotia and Pakhom, Let’s strike up a merry song About the sowing season. Hey you, Vanya, best stretch out That accordion past your ears. Why should you be sowing from Your grandpa’s basket in these years. Take a gander in the barn– And it’s mighty nifty How that newfangled machine […]

Buzzer-Fly (1924) is a children’s story written by Kornei Chukovsky, Russia’s most famous children’s writer. Chukovsky created a fanciful tale of a fly on her birthday. The birthday fly invites her insect friends to celebrate her day. They enjoy a traditional Russian tea from a samovar. Unfortunately, their party comes to a sudden halt when a […]

Buzzer-Fly (1924) is a children’s story written by Kornei Chukovsky, Russia’s most famous children’s writer. Chukovsky created a fanciful tale of a fly on her birthday. The birthday fly invites her insect friends to celebrate her day. They enjoy a traditional Russian tea from a samovar. Unfortunately, their party comes to a sudden halt when a […]

A self portrait allows an artist to craft his defining image, memorializing himself for generations to come. It encompasses not only how he views himself but more importantly his values. In his self portrait, Viktor Vasnetsov did just that. He chose a very neutral pallet and an unassuming outfit. Everything about the portrait is modest, so […]

A self portrait allows an artist to craft his defining image, memorializing himself for generations to come. It encompasses not only how he views himself but more importantly his values. In his self portrait, Viktor Vasnetsov did just that. He chose a very neutral pallet and an unassuming outfit. Everything about the portrait is modest, so […]